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"Springar" from Solund

Musikk / Music
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Hans H. Steinsund
A variant of the traditional folk dance "springdans" is the Solund "springar". This dance, and fiddle music written down after fiddle players in wes...

Many-sided activities vital in Solund

Fiske / Fishing Jordbruk / Farming
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Hans H. Steinsund
In order to survive on the rugged islands in the west, the people had to harvest from the sea as well as from the land. The money came more easily fro...

Farm flour mills in Solund

Mølle / Mill
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Hans H. Steinsund
Few associate grain cultivation with the Solund landscape. Nonetheless, even in the smallest of streams there are visible signs of flour milling. Le...

Herring bays and seine rocks

Vik / Inlet
Published: 29.03.2000
Author: Hans H. Steinsund
Nature was generous in providing herring bays and mackerel coves in Solund. Fjord branches from north to south were ideal places for plankton in the s...

Ships going down and running aground in Solund

Ulukke / Accident
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Hans H. Steinsund
The archipelago of Solund was brutal for sailing vessels in strong westerly winds. But motor vessels went wrong as well, with tragic consequences. A...

People from Solund go to the North

Transport / Transport
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Alf Strand
During the 30-year period 1860-1890 around eighty people from Solund moved north to fishing stations in Namdalen and Nordland. Their main reason was ...

Memorial stone for fallen on Husøy churchyard at Straumen

People and Society
Monument / Monument
Published: 25.03.2003
Author: Hans H. Steinsund Hermund Kleppa
On each of the three churchyards in Solund, there is a memorial stone with the names of the 16 from Solund who were victims of the Second World War. T...

The Losna knights - important men in our national history

People and Society
Øy / Island
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Hans H. Steinsund
During the 1300s and the 1400s, Losna was the seat and the base of one of the wealthiest and most powerful families in the country. A good nose for fi...

Husøy trading post

Hamn / Port
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Anders Gjerde
Husøy is one of the westernmost islands in the western Sogn district. The topography is one of rocks, islets, and islands. Blue ocean and grey rock....

Filippiner-Lund famous and loved missionary

People and Society
Person / Person
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Hans H. Steinsund
David Olai Lund, better known as Filippiner-Lund, is regarded as one of our greatest missionaries. He saw early where he had to go and prepared very c...

The Church Site at Utvær

Churches, Cloisters, Christianity
Grend / Hamlet
Published: 11.10.2000
Author: Margrethe Henden Aaraas Anders Gjerde
The chapel at Utvær was most likely built some time in the 12th century. It was consecrated to St Clement - the patron saint of sailors - and it wa...

The old youth association house at Hardbakke

Forsamlingshus / Assembly house
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Hans H. Steinsund
After years on the road between schoolhouse, private homes, and vicarage barn, it was an unbelievable relief for the Hardbakke youth association when ...

"Påting" - environment friendly young coalfish fishing

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Fiske / Fishing
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Hans H. Steinsund
In early evening in the summer, a fleet of motor boats from western Solund headed west. Their destination was the numerous fishing grounds far out, ...

Utvær lighthouse - the landmark furthest to the west

Communications
Fyrlykt / Lighthouse
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Hans H. Steinsund
From 1900 to 1920, 37 lighthouses were built in this country. One of these was the Utvær lighthouse, and its impressive and solid construction was bui...

Bernhard Færøyvik - pioneer in coast vessels history

Person / Person
Published: 25.03.2003
Author: Hans H. Steinsund
Bernhard Færøyvik from Solund was one of our most prominent vessel historians. He was a pioneer as well as an adviser in drawing and visualizing the o...

Storsundet - important base for resistance activity during the war

Krigsplass / War site
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Hans H. Steinsund
Storsundet in Solund became an important base and a hub for resistance activity in the Sogn district during the war. The Shetland traffic used the p...

The sheepfold - beauty shop of the wild sheep

Plass / Spot
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Hans H. Steinsund
Granite stone fences on to a crag, with green patches around and stones rolled to the side on the beach to make room for the rowboat: the sheepfold ...

Tungodden - signal station in a rain of bullets

Krigsplass / War site
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Hans H. Steinsund
It is hard to believe that the Germans would build a signal station on the outermost point of Oddenova. The temptation became too great for the alli...

The fishing industry at Færøy

Livelihood and Craftsmanship
Fiske / Fishing
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Hans H. Steinsund
The seine-drying facility at Færøy is enormous. Yet it is only one part of the fishing industry which grew up and expanded in this place in the course...

Indrøy trading post

Hamn / Port
Published: 07.07.1999
Author: Hans H. Steinsund
Clearly visible in the shipping lane of Ytre Steinsund, the trading post of Indrøy is situated. It is a striking example of how a self-made man buil...
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